Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2025 India–Pakistan standoff
  • 2025 India–Pakistan strikes
    • Pakistan announces Operation Bunyanun Marsoos, the start of large-scale military action against India. A number of strategic locations across India are reportedly under attack. (Samaa.tv)
    • Pakistan Air Force warplanes launch airstrikes throughout India with missile strikes targeting Udhampur, Pathankot Airport and a BrahMos missile storage facility in Beas City, Punjab. The Indian Armed Forces postpones a press conference in response to the attack and urges civilians to seek shelter. (Al Jazeera)
    • A Pakistani Fatah-II missile is intercepted over the city of Sirsa in India's Haryana state. (News18)
    • India announces the temporary closure of its airspace over the northern and western regions of the country until May 14. (Al Jazeera)

International relations

• South Africa–United States relations
  • The government of South Africa says that a move by US President Donald Trump to accept Afrikaner citizens as refugees is "politically motivated", as 100 Afrikaners are expected to land at Washington Dulles International Airport on Monday as part of Trump's refugee plan of the white minority group. (eNCA)

Science and technology

• Kosmos 482
  • Kosmos 482, a failed Venus probe launched by the Soviet Union in 1972, is expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere some time between 9 and 10 May. Experts are unsure of where it will crash land. (The Guardian)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2025 India–Pakistan standoff
  • 2025 India–Pakistan strikes
    • The Indian Air Force strikes PAF Base Nur Khan in Punjab, Pakistan with cruise missiles with reports of multiple explosions. The Pakistan Armed Forces says the airbase has come under attack from air-to-surface missiles and that air defences are engaging hostile targets over Pakistani airspace. (News18)
    • Pakistan closes its airspace to all non-military flights saying the Indian Armed Forces has launched ballistic missiles at the country. (The Times of India)

Disasters and accidents

• Six people are killed and six others are injured when a Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter crashes into the Maduru Oya river in Sri Lanka. (CNA)
• Bayesian salvage
  • A 39-year old Dutch diver dies during preparations for the salvage operation of the 2024 sunken yacht. (NOS)

International relations

• Hungary–Ukraine relations
  • The Security Service of Ukraine arrests two people on suspicion of spying for Hungary in Zakarpattia Oblast, which is home to an ethnic minority of over 150,000 Hungarians. The Hungarian foreign ministry expels two Ukrainian diplomats in response to the allegations, characterizing them as anti-Hungarian. (AP)
• France–Poland relations
  • French President Emmanuel Macron and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk signs a treaty committing both sides to mutual assistance. (France24) (Reuters)

Sports

• In cricket, the Pakistan Super League is "suspended indefinitely" due to the ongoing military action between India and Pakistan. (Sky Sports)